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Russia Sends Strategic Bombers to Fly Over Belarus, Blames EU for Border Crisis

Russia Sends Strategic Bombers to Fly Over Belarus, Blames EU for Border Crisis
A Russian Tupolev Tu-22M3 Backfire strategic bombers fly back to his base after a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade outside Moscow on May 4, 2020. Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images
Lorenz Duchamps
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Russia dispatched two Tu-22M3 strategic bombers to patrol Belarusian airspace and practice interoperability with armed forces of command posts from the two economic and politically partnered nations, Russia’s ministry of defense announced on Wednesday.

“During the flight, the aircraft practiced interoperability with the ground command posts of the armed forces of Russia and the Republic of Belarus,” the ministry said in a statement, Russian news agency TASS reported.
Lorenz Duchamps
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Lorenz Duchamps is a news writer for NTD, The Epoch Times’ sister media, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and entertainment news.
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